Drop-Ins: Informal Bookshop Author Signings
It wasn’t until I started at the second mystery bookshop, that I learned how important a signed book is. The first store I worked in, Foul Play, although delightful, was Continue Reading
One Writer's Thoughts on e-books, and Bad News from Powell's Bookstore
On the same page located on shelfawareness.com, a wonderful quote by an author sums up my feelings, and probably many other booklovers, to a tee. Right below this piece is Continue Reading
An Essential Component of a Bookshop
Liking your customers. OK, if not entirely in love, then at least tolerating their reading habits and purchases, and doing it while seeming to like the customers. Why is this Continue Reading
The Best Books Of All Time
I asked myself, what does that mean? The best books of all time? Best fiction? Best nonfiction? Both? From what time frame–the beginning of time–do cave drawings count? Books–are plays Continue Reading
Booksellers Owe Their Customers The Postman’s Rings
Ever wonder what the The Postman Always Rings Twice means? It has nothing to do with character or plot within the classic crime novel. James Cain worked out a system Continue Reading
DEJA VIEW– Murder Gives a Lovely Light
Deja View A new section on the blog–Reviews of old titles, many from the Golden Age Of Crime Fiction.To find a copy of this or any other of the Deja Continue Reading
Wonderfully Humorous Look At The Writer's Dilemma-What Are You Working On?
From the National Post by Andrew Pyper.http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/02/03/andrew-pyper-what-are-you-working-on/Have you ever asked your favorite author what he or she was working on at the moment? If so, you’ll be interested to know Continue Reading
Facsimile Dust Jackets–Good Idea for Used Bookshops?
There are thousands of old books out there minus their original dust jackets. Some are first editions, some are not. There are a few talented people who work at Continue Reading